Ingwe heavily represented

WINDHOEK, 26 May 2016 - Coach Ricardo Mannetti (centre in white) lectures Brave Warriors players after putting them through their paces during a training session at the Namibia Football Association Technical Centre in Katutura. (Photo by: Hesron Kapanga) NAMPA

… as Mannetti downsizes squad

Staff Reporter
Windhoek

Upon completion of their third week of extensive training at the modest Namibia Football Association (NFA) Technical Centre in Windhoek, Brave Warriors mentor Bucksy Mannetti has offloaded three players from his provisional 25-member training squad.

The former Brave Warriors holding midfielder revealed on Monday that Young Brazilian FC player Wayne Esterhuisen, Vincent Namiseb (Flamingoes) and Nampol’s Johannes Shiwedha are the players dropped from the provisional squad.

The Warriors technical staff have been overseeing training for the invited footballers since the beginning of this month in preparation for the 2019 African Cup of Nations (Afcon) qualifier against Guinea Bissau in June this year, before the team heads to South Africa for the annual Cosafa Cup starting on June 25.

Locally based footballers will then go toe to toe with Zimbabwe for the Africa Nations Champions qualifiers in July. Namibia has been grouped alongside Zambia, Mozambique and Guinea Bissau in Group K of the 2019 Afcon qualifiers.

“We are getting to where we want to be in terms of the depth in the squad but again, this can change depending on injuries, possible new arrivals from the Debmarine Namibia Cup and of course with the start of the Premier League later next month. We also have the foreign-based players to consider.”